Multicolor Secondhand Handwoven Wool Cicim Kilim

The store lists this one as secondhand, which is the honest word for a kilim that has already had a life on somebody's floor. A handwoven wool cicim kilim, 167 × 238 cm (5'6" × 7'10"), multicolored, made in Türkiye, with Anatolian motifs raised above a flat ground in supplementary yarn. Use is not damage, and it is not always a discount.

01From the hand of the weaver

A kilim that has been walked on has had the loom stiffness taken out of it, lies flat without persuading, and has lost the faint sheen new wool carries — which most people find easier to live with. The colors have come down a step from where they started, and the multicolored field is quieter for it. Wool throughout, handwoven in Türkiye. The motifs stand above the ground weave because a second yarn was carried over the surface as the piece was made; those added threads are also the first thing to wear where feet pass most, which means a used cicim carries a record of where people walked.

02At the loom in in Anatolia

Have it washed professionally before it goes down, and it will need that. Handwoven in Türkiye in wool, cicim technique. Previously owned and used, which the house states rather than hides. Multicolored Anatolian motifs raised above a plain flat ground. Already broken in: it lies flat, and the new-wool sheen is gone. 167 × 238 cm (5'6" × 7'10"): a study, a landing, or the middle of a sitting room. Raised motif threads wear first, so wear shows in the pattern before the ground. Washing before use, by a professional. One piece. Somebody else did the hard part, which is the ten years it takes a kilim to stop looking like it came off a loom.